Artificial Intelligence

More than 200 executives from leading consumer goods and retail organizations worked together to focus on how the industry can bring benefits to consumers through collaborative initiatives. The effort was triggered by the significant changes in society, consumer behavior, the environment and technology. In the end, two megatrends and three action plans emerged.

The new VP and CIO replaces Barry Libenson who left the company earlier this month.

Based in California, Sony Electronics is the U.S. sales and marketing arm of Sonys global electronics business and will be deploying several components of the Buzz Retail solution.

Reckitt Benckiser unveils its innovative water footprint measurement approach and how it helps people improve their health and hygiene as part of betterbusiness, its new sustainability strategy.

The similarities between Inkiru and @WalmartLabs are said to be uncanny, with both having an innovative spirit and the ability to leverage big data to improve the customer experience.

The goal of the center is to advance healthcare by catalyzing collaborations in science and technology between regional innovators and the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies across a diverse spectrum of early stage innovation.

Accurately measuring the branding performance of digital investments has been an ongoing challenge for consumer goods brands. Using new technology, the consumer goods titan can now identify which of its digital ads consumers see, and which are overlooked.

Sales and marketing trailblazers from Mondelez, Unilever, J&J and Kellogg joined more than 225 consumer goods executives in NYC this week for the 2013 Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit. This year, New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur since birth Gary Vaynerchuk kicked things off with a provocative presentation on the need for consumer goods companies to adapt in the Internet era. Get a recap of the event here.